by | Oct 26, 2020 | Mirth, Weirdness
from the New Hampshire Union Leader Woman accused of impersonating prosecutor, dropping criminal charges against herself By Mark Hayward A Littleton woman allegedly impersonated a Hillsborough County prosecutor when she filed bogus documents with court officials...
by | Oct 25, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from Deadline James Randi Dies: ‘The Amazing Randi’ Performer And Paranormal Skeptic Was 92 By Bruce Haring James Randi, a magician whose many TV appearances led him to a second career as a respected paranormal investigator, has died at 92. The James Randi Foundation...
by | Oct 24, 2020 | Weirdness
from SPACE The Elysium effect: The coming backlash to the billionaire ‘NewSpace’ revolution By Rick Tumlinson In the 2013 science fiction film “Elysium” starring Matt Damon, Earth’s wealthiest 0.01% move to the ultimate gated community, a...
by | Oct 21, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from GQ The Incredible Story of the Great Cannonball Boom When the country shut down and the highways thinned out, a stealthy group of amateur car obsessives glimpsed an opportunity to revive the fabled cannonball run—the highly daring, absurdly illegal cross-country...
by | Oct 15, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The LA Times An unlikely Pasadena love story: The high-school bromance of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth By GREG RENOFF Eddie Van Halen shredding with his band in 1975.(Kevin Estrada Archives) Early in the summer of 1973, singer David Lee Roth and guitarist...